from someone who has survived 34 years of blistering Texas summers. Drink lots of water...and I mean lots. If you aren't going to pee every hour you aren't drinking enough. And if you are drinking beer...drink at least one glass of water for every beer consumed.
If you've got air conditioning...stay inside and use it. If you don't...go to the movies or somewhere else where they do.
Even very little car traffic, which is unusual. I went out late morning and bought KFC for dinner. That oven is not getting lit today. Thank the gods for AC.
6. I lived in Chicago area in 1995 when over 700 died
heat related deaths - that was so sad that the city didn't see it coming.
The poor suffer the most in extreme weather - hot or cold!
When my daughter (her birthday is today! :party:) was born, we lived in inner city of Milwaukee - no AC - and it was in the mid 90's for something like 7 days in a row the week before. I sat in a baby pool outside to cool off almost daily before she arrived!
a young rookie cop in Chicago who had broken down after helping carry out dozens and dozens of bodies - he's leaning against his patrol car with his face in his hands and his grizzled partner has his arm on the poor guy's shoulder to console him
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